How to debug using npm run scripts from VSCode?

Question

I was previously using gulp and running gulp to start my application and listeners from the Visual Studio Code debugger but have recently needed to switch to running scripts

Answer 1

It is feasible with npm whithout having to alter your scripts section in package.json

The trick here is to pass the --inspect-brk=9229 to node.

The command will look like npm run start -- --inspect-brk=9229

Here's the .vscode/launch.json:

{  
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
    {
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
        "name": "Launch via NPM",
        "runtimeExecutable": "${env:NVM_BIN}/npm", //change this to your npm path
        "runtimeArgs": [
            "run-script",
            "start",
            "--",
            "--inspect-brk=9229"
        ],
         "port": 9229
    },

  ]
}